A salt water generator
sounds like the best way to go when someone is pushing the sale of a
salt water generator system for your pool. Most people think its
an effective alternative to chlorine. What they do not realize though
is a salt water generator actually turns salt into chlorine. For most
people trying to move away from chlorine and going with a salt water
generator they are in fact just switching the type of set up and how
they use it instead of eliminating chlorine.

Most people are
moving away from chlorine systems because of the harsh chemical that
chlorine is. Chlorine through research and study has shown an increased
risk of bladder and rectal cancers and an increased risk in with childrens
asthma. Chlorine also dries out skin, hair and burns swimmers eyes.
With the need to eliminate chlorine and salt water generators converting
salt into chlorine you are not eliminating a chlorine issue by switching
to a salt water generator.

Salt water generators
may also seem cheaper in the long run to most people because they see
that will only need to purchase salt for there new system. But there
is a hidden truth to this. Salt is corrosive and many types and styles
of pools are not even made for use with a salt water generator. The
people who own a pool type with certain types of rock do not learn this
until the damage is done.

Salt eventually
erodes metal parts around a pool. Diving boards, metal fixtures, railings,
all will show signs of eroding over time requiring the pool owner to
replace these parts of their pools. These parts can be costly to replace.
The pool water itself does not have an issue with corrosion as the water
itself is not corrosive. The salt inside the water getting on certain
area is what the problem is. Many companies dealing with salt water
generators tell you that you will need to rinse around your pool to
remove the salt that is lying on the flagstone, rocks etc. This is not
only
timely, but costly with the waste of water used to rinse your pool each
time the salt water comes into contact with the items surrounding your
pool.

It has also been
noted that pools that have a salt water generator can tend to break
down parts of flagstone, one of the biggest flagstones used around
pools is Oklahoma flagstone. The salt water dries on the flagstone then
starts to actually flake apart pieces of the flagstone. Most people
with thing flagstone will end up with a pool that looks dirty at all
times even after it has been cleaned. It makes it look like you have
sediment lying at the bottom of your pool when these pieces of flagstone
start to flake off. Your now costly pool looks like it was poorly made
due to the erosion and flaking of a salt water generator.

But salt damage
does not end there. It can cause damage to limestone and masonry also.
It also stains. Over time salt causes damage. Anyone living near an
ocean can attest to the damage salt causes over time.

There are many other
pool treatments that one can use that are chlorine free and salt water
generator free. We implement a system where not only is it chlorine
free, salt free, its 100 chemical free. It operates by non chemical
shocking. As water moves through the pressure lines it is subjected
to a non chemical shock, cleaning the water.

Then weekly you
will push a button on the control panel and ionize the pool. This simply
puts copper into the pool safely to clean out any bacteria or viruses
and keep algae away. As simple as a process like that its no wonder
more people are moving away from chlorine, salt water generators and
moving towards effective non chemical
methods of cleaning their pools.